Testimonials

"Absolute Works take the time to understand our unique recruitment needs. They help us with all aspects of the recruitment process, from sourcing candidates, screening CVs and conducting initial interviews. They provide a high standard of service that results in us securing the ideal candidates for the role. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them for your recruitment needs."

"I was immediately very impressed with the prompt, friendly and responsive service we receive.
As well as providing all of our day to day HR advice, support and administration, the team have also facilitated our entire recruitment process, and were instrumental in staffing our new stores with the right employees. I’m delighted to be working with Absolute Works and look forward to growing our business with their continued support and guidance.

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"I thoroughly enjoyed my coaching sessions with Joy. I felt she really listened to my needs and then helped me become more confident and motivated to achieve my goals, with her sound advice.

I have no hesitation in recommending Joy as a coach."

"Joy was most helpful in helping us to look at the business from a strategic point of view as up until this period both Directors had become very involved in dealing with day to day issues and were at times not being strategic in their outlook. Joy helped emphasise the need for Director level meetings focusing on Finance, HR, Projects Marketing and Business Development. Her experience and knowledge helped us develop a framework in order to discuss and address these areas of the business at a high level.

I would highly recommend Joy as a business coach to any small to medium sized business, who are open minded in their approach to achieving and sustaining growth and are looking for experience and insightfulness in order to obtain this. We were so impressed that the team are now our outsourced HR partners."

"I have worked with Absolute Works from 2012. Our initial needs were to coach and support the senior managers and directors to improve the performance of managers and employees and resolve HR issues. The success of this led to the introduction of coaching for senior members of staff and department managers. The team at Absolute Works, guide and encourage the management team to find solutions to issues as opposed to providing the answer. This has resulted in improved skill, knowledge and performance of the managers. We also now have much better HR practices, including an appraisal process as well as improved staff retention. The team always respond promptly and understand the key issues, quickly resolving problems and keeping everyone happy. All our HR administration is carried out by the team, this saves us time and ensures that we remain compliant."

"I am a Birmingham Solicitor and Managing Director of a medium sized firm of 20 staff and instructed Absolute Works in 2015/6. I prefer for sensitive reasons to keep this testimonial confidential but want to say clearly how good Absolute Works are. Joy May was highly professional, personable and excelled at understanding the 3 issues with different employees very quickly. One issue in particular was complicated with a staff member who would not accept any disciplinary allegation made against him whatsoever. Amy (Joy's daughter) who works at Absolute Works was excellent too and her own legal experience assisted greatly. Joy's tactics involved steering a path away from contention and subtly resolving the matter by compromise. The advantage of having her involved with management filled a void as we do not have a full time Office Manager. Joy had the skills to objectively assess issues and work with me on them to help to conclude them quickly and sensibly. Joy and her team would be a great asset to small/medium firms like ours in assisting with HR. I recommend Absolute Works absolutely and comfortable in the knowledge they are simply excellent."

"Dealing with Absolute HR has been like a breath of fresh air. It is very reassuring to have consistent expert advice and support that is just a phone call away. We can’t now imagine being without them and would highly recommend their services. Loveitts Chartered Surveyors, Auctioneers & Estate Agents."

"We started working with Absolute HR Solutions in 2012 because we needed a knowledgeable, HR specialist for expert help with a difficult employee situation. Prior to that HR was simply not a priority on my radar! Sure, the team are always responsive and professional, but more importantly, they tailor their advice and guidance to suit our (SME) business needs. Now, I finally see the real benefit this brings to orchestrating my team’s behaviours and wouldn’t be without it.
Steve May-Russell, Managing Director of SmallFry"

"The support we have received from Joy, Amy, Emma and the team at Absolute Works has been vital to us and has enabled us to structure our organisation to take our next step forward. HR has always created anxiety for organisations like ours and after using many different companies, I have found myself tied into expensive contracts with restrictive support. The team at Absolute Works go above and beyond, not only are they good value for money in regards to the package they offer but to have someone who supports, guides and assures you during challenging times unfortunately is against the norm. On many occasions I have called after hours and have always got a response.  Absolute Works is a family run business created by people that care, not corporate but community. To me, this makes all the difference in the world." Steve Dixon, Chief Executive & Founder, Changes UK"

""Instructing Absolute Works to take over all our HR issues has been an absolute god send and a commercial decision we should have made a long time ago. They have assisted us effortlessly in streamlining our systems and procedures and their advice and knowledge is second to none. I would recommend any company who is falling short on their HR department to consider outsourcing immediately – it could cost you heavily in the long run if you don’t !"
Caroline Newman, Director, Newman Sales & Lettings"